Famous birth charts · W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’ chart in full
Born February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
4°24′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 12:52 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
5°36′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
22°09′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
9°54′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
22°04′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
16°33′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
5°22′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
9°00′
Neptune in Aries
13°18′
Pluto in Taurus
14°16′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
4°59′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
24°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
28°23′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
The Moon square Saturn almost exact at 0.2°
Feelings came second to duty: he held himself to a high standard, even in private.
Saturn square North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
The Sun opposition North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
The Moon opposition North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Home comforts and the way forward asked for different things, and growing meant leaving some familiar things behind.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.9°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
The Sun square Saturn close at 1.0°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
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The Sun conjunction the Moon close at 1.2°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wanted and what he needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
Jupiter sextile Pluto close at 2.3°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 3.4°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Uranus sextile North Node wide at 4.0°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 4.3°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Venus trine Saturn wide at 4.5°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 4.6°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 5.6°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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